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BLIND and BLINDED

There was a man who just couldn’t see

What everyone else claimed it to be?

They spoke of how wondrous it was

That controlled nature and human laws

They pitied the blind man, who wasn’t blind

‘If hard he looks than he will find

Oh how naïve and ignorant is he

Why can’t he just open his eyes to thee?

Some claimed not only could they see

But also feel and hear

And raising their voices

‘To respect you’ve got to fear’

Now this ‘god’ that they called

They said he knows it All

Whatever you do behind your walls

Even in your thoughts and in the halls

And this god multiplied and became gods

But only one could be the lord of lords

Wagging their tales, each one believed

That theirs was the true god to succeed

They killed the other gods and their people

Because their own god would be in trouble

If they were others like him around

'Insecure and jealous', for sure did he sound

They conjured up some poisonous texts

Of eternity not in this life but the next

And children were forced to follow the story

On young minds were now blood and gory

In his name they conquered many lands

Raped and plundered on his commands

For he was okay with his proposition

‘To die for him’ was their disposition

The god they made had now flourished

Men who preached him with gold were garnished

‘Humble’ they proclaimed, ‘mystical’ were their looks

Only the blind man could see they were crooks

With martyrs that died, prophets they made

But scars of their god would never fade

Still they were hungry as a beast

Structures for poor to pray and palaces for them to feast

And turning towards the blind man, they said

Look at all the wonder of God instead

You have no beliefs, you have no clue

The world is full of our brethren

hindus, muslims, christians, buddhists and jews

To name a few

But come a little closer

I have to tell you

Only my god is true

And I’ll shout it too

And the blind man replied

You’ve killed another brother

For a passing fluttering thought

Your minds will never grow and forever rot

You are your very own destruction

While you swim gleefully in the dreams

Of the end to every human and every nation

I maybe blind….but blinded are you

My blindness is my ignorance

And your faith is your blindness

I don’t believe in prophets, gods or his son

For I have my bag of questions and reason

For they were blinded men who just couldn’t see

What once a blind man explained it to be

He spoke of how wondrous it was

That explained nature and discoursed human laws

By Hans Albert Lewis

Dedicated to

Richards Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Daniel Dennet, George Carlin, Bertrand Russell, W K Clifford. Thomas Paine, Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson, Cārvāka System, Ayn Rand, and all the ‘Blind’ Men & Women of the World.